Zechariah’s Third Vision

¹ And I ⌞looked up⌟¹ and I saw, and look, a man, and in his hand was a measuring rope!

1. Literally “lifted up my eyes”

² And I asked, “Where are you going?” And he answered me, “To measure Jerusalem to see what is its width and what is its length.”

³ And look, the angel who was talking to me was coming forward, and another angel was coming forward to meet him.

⁴ And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited ⌞like villages without walls⌟¹ because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst.

1. Literally “like open regions”

⁵ And I will be for it a wall of fire all around,’ ⌞declares⌟¹ Yahweh, ‘and I will be the glory in its midst.’ ”

1. Literally “a declaration of”

⁶ “Woe! Woe! Flee from the land of the north,” ⌞declares⌟¹ Yahweh, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of the heavens,” ⌞declares⌟² Yahweh.

1. Literally “a declaration of”
2. Literally “a declaration of”

⁷ “Woe, Zion! Escape, you inhabitants of the daughter of Babylon!”

⁸ For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory¹ he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you is touching the apple² of his eye.

1. The phrase “after glory” is difficult to interpret
2. Hebrew “pupil,” but the expression “apple of his eye” has become well-established in English

⁹ “Yes, look! I am going to wave my hand against them, and they will become plunder for their servants, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me.

¹⁰ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for look, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,” ⌞declares⌟¹ Yahweh.

1. Literally “a declaration of”

¹¹ “Many nations will join themselves to Yahweh on that day, and they will be my people, and I will dwell in your midst. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

¹² And Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion ⌞in the holy land⌟,¹ and he will again choose Jerusalem.

1. Literally “upon the land of the holiness”

¹³ Be silent, ⌞all people⌟,¹ before Yahweh, for he is roused from ⌞his holy dwelling⌟.”²

1. Literally “all flesh”
2. Literally “the dwelling place of his holiness”